On Jun 24, 4:23=A0pm, Gregory Weston <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0p2 <pradip.pa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Hi
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> > I wrote following code. Also, I have created com.p1.myapp.plist from
> > admin user at /Library/Preferences and has 666 permission.
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> > SInt kColor =3D 5;
> > const CFStringRef kAppName =3D CFSTR("com.p1.myapp");
> > const CFStringRef kPrefColor =3D CFSTR("color");
> > CFNumberRef value =3D CFNumberCreate(NULL, kCFNumberSInt8Type,
&kColor)=
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> > CFPreferencesSetValue( kPrefColor, value, kAppName,
> > kCFPreferencesAnyUser, kCFPreferencesCurrentHost);
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> > CFPreferencesAppSynchronize(kAppName); // this will fail ,return
> > false =A0in Non- admin
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> > above code is working in Tiger Non-Admin but failed in Leopard Non-
> > Admin
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> > Is there any change ?
> > My target is to change preferences for Any user(/Library/Preferences/)
> > from non-admin account , How can i achieve this ?
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> > p2
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> I think you're wrong about it working for a non-admin user in Tiger,
> since:
> a) It's do***ented that you can't save such changes: "Note that you can
> only save preferences for =B3Any User=B2 if you have Admin privileges."
> b) I've been using that routine since (at least) 10.2 and it has behaved
> as do***ented.
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> So I'd say either it's not saving or your 10.4 user *is* an admin
> despite what you think.
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> Your options are:
> a) Only save this change when running as an admin user; if the synch
> fails, fall back to user-local storage.
> b) Write someplace else, essentially recreating a ****tion of the
> CFPreferences API.
> c) Use some form of privilege escalation like a single-purpose setuid
> tool running as root to save this setting.
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> I advocate course (a) unless it's critical that this value be identical
> for all users. (b) and (c) both have shortcomings that are beyond the
> scope of this message - the increased complexity in comparison to (a) is
> probably the least of your worries.
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also one more question ,
Can I change the /Library/Preferences permission ? is it feasible ?
how?
p2
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